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T. WRIGHT. W1re Fence (No Model.)

No. 239,078. Patented March 22,1881.

n. PEFERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS WRIGHT, OF SOUTH NORWICH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WIRE FENCE.

.SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,078, dated March 22, 1881. Application filed September 13, 1880. (No model.) Patented in Canada July 19, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS WRIGHT, of South Norwich, in the county of OXf0I'd,-ll1 the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Wire Fences and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists in certain improvements in wire fences, hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a fence having my improved post and anchoring, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a post.

A is the foot of the post, having tread terminations a. sufficiently broad, flat, and long to maintain the post portion B vertically when in a standing position on the ground. These treads or terminals of the foot are prolongations from a pyramidical center, 0, into which the lower end of the post is secured by screwing into the same, or by other suitable fastening. The pyramidical center 0 is made with a transverse cavity, D, to save material of manufacture and to cause the foot to stand more firmly in the ground. The top of the portion 0, when the foot is placed in the ground, should be above its surface, the pyramidical sides offering lateral resistance to the earth to keep the post erect. The summit of the portion 0 is formed withahole, 0, into which fits the lower end of the post B, which may be tubular, or solid, and notched or grooved-transversely to hold the fencewires H and the binding-wire wound therein; or the wires H may be secured to the posts by other suitable means.

Corner or terminal posts, being subject to the tension-strain of the wires H, require to with the tension of the fence-wires and laterally thereto, and abutting the post at or near itstop. I claim as my invention A wire fence having a foot-piece, A, of pyramidal form, with socket c at its apex and horizontal terminals a and transverse cavity D at its base, post B, horizontal wires H, and pyramidal anchor having transverse cavity D,

flat terminals a, stay-bolt E, horizontal anchoring wire or wires G, and inclined anchoring wire or wires F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS WRIGHT.

Witnesses THOMAS HAIGHT, OLAUDIUs TIDEY. 

